Irish duo Willie Mullins and Paul Townend completed a sweep of the races regarded as the 'Holy Trinity' of the Cheltenham Festival as Gaelic Warrior romped to victory in the Gold Cup on Friday.
A drone strike killed a French soldier in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, France's armed forces ministry said on Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the country's first military death in the Middle East war.
A photograph of Britain's former prince Andrew and veteran politician Peter Mandelson sitting in bathrobes alongside late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unearthed Friday in previously published documents.
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The war in the Middle East has largely paralysed the Gulf region's crucial oil industry, which has been hit by attacks and an export blockade.
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Iran's latest internet blackout has lasted more than 14 days, connectivity monitor Netblocks said Friday.
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Mikel Arteta said Arsenal "fully trust and love" Bukayo Saka despite an underwhelming season for the England winger.
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Next month's edition of the annual men's Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities will feature French captains for the first time in the rowing event's long history.
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President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Friday that American forces would strike Iranian targets "very hard" in the coming days, signaling an intensification of the US-Israeli campaign as the war in the Middle East approaches its third week.
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Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu says his side have "been to hell and back together" as they attempt to break new ground by winning a first Six Nations title.
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Senegal's government said on Friday it would take back all the assets of ICS -- one of Africa's biggest phosphate fertiliser producers -– ending the licence to control it held by Asian group Indorama Ventures.
For anyone in the import business, the economic risks from the war in the Middle East arrive by sea -- and that goes for everyone who buys their products, too.
Iranian officials led a pro-government rally as explosions rocked Tehran on Friday, while the US vowed to intensify its bombing and President Donald Trump said it was his "honour" to be killing the Islamic republic's leaders.
Jason Plotkin was on a Zoom call in a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit when he heard the crashing sound of a pickup truck ramming into the building.
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Interim Tottenham manager Igor Tudor said his beleaguered team must stand up and "fight" if they are to avoid the embarrassment of relegation from the Premier League.
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The surge in energy prices triggered by the conflict in the Middle East has significantly strengthened the dollar, paradoxically undermining US President Donald Trump's economic objectives.
Notorious narco trafficker, Sebastian Marset, who eluded police across Latin America for years and was on the US most-wanted list, was arrested Friday in Bolivia, a government source told AFP.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed on Friday that his government had held talks with the United States, which has made no secret of its desire for regime change on the communist island.
Germany's energy-hungry industries are sounding the alarm about the devastating impacts of the Middle East war as companies battle problems from surging power costs to snarled supply chains.
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